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form y separately published work icon White Heat single work   film/TV   crime   thriller  
Note: Suggested by a story by Virginia Kellogg.
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 White Heat
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'Gangster film/melodrama. A psychopathic criminal, obsessed with his mother, is befriended and betrayed by an undercover policeman whom he meets in jail.'

Source: British Film Institute (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57918). (Sighted: 17/9/2013)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Warner Brothers ,
      1949 .
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      Extent: 114min.p.
      Description: Black-and-white

Awards

1950 nominated Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award Best Motion Picture Virginia Kellogg was also included in this nomination.
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